Therapy? - Live and mellowed out?

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

THERAPY? THE Antrim trio who blazed a trail across the Irish and British music scenes with their loud, lively, and frantic punk/metal, often with a tasty dollop of melody, are touring Ireland, and fans are going to see and hear them in a very different context.

FEAST - punk, metal, and 'miserable post-hardcore'

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

A BAND that knows no boundaries between audience and stage, another that just loves guitar riffs, and a third who call themselves "miserable post-hardcore" - play the next FEAST gig.

Lasairfhíona - a sean nós gig for Cúirt

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

SEAN NÓS singer Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola, "a pure breath of everything that is beautiful about Ireland", according to the BBC Folk & Acoustic Reviews, is to sing at the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.

The Clandestinos @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

THE CLANDESTINOS, the Galway band who fuse classic Jamaican roots reggae with the Latin tinged sounds of Manu Chao and the Buena Vista Social Club, play Monroe’s Live next week.

A bluegrass night in Monroe's

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

HAILING FROM the Willamette valley in Oregon, True North combine traditional bluegrass instrumentation with fat harmonies and folk-edged songwriting.

Album review: Me and the Bees

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 13, 2017

POSITION YOURSELF between The Breeders' Last Splash - on the 'Divine Hammer', 'Invisible Man', rather than 'Cannonball' side of the spectrum - and The Beatles and 1960s psych-pop, and you have Spain's Me and The Bees.

Joey Dosik - soul, pop, and jazz

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

HE HAS been praised by the legendary producer Quincy Jones, been inspired by jazz star Kamasi Washington, and played the US national anthem in Madison Square Garden - he is Los Angeles singer-songwriter and producer Joey Dosik.

Underground folk and indie @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE RIGHTEOUS sounds of underground folk-rock and avant-garde indie will fill the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this evening with a show featuring Toby Hay, Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon, Yawning Chasm, and Gavin Prior.

Brahms' Third Symphony is not a 'racket'

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SYBIL FAWLTY may have witheringly dismissed Brahms' Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 as "that racket" when she heard Basil playing a tape of it in Fawlty Towers, but Galway is about to hear why it is anything but.

Interskalactic - new EP and Monroe's gig

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show's Ryan Tubridy, have released their new, eponymously titled EP, and play Monroe's Live this week.

Frightened Rabbit vocalist for Nocturne

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SCOTT HUTCHINSON, lead vocalist of the acclaimed Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit, returns to Galway for a solo show, playing the Nocturne night at Loam restaurant.

The return of The Blizzards

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE BLIZZARDS, one of the most popular bands in Ireland of the noughties continue their comeback, with a new single, the appropriately titled 'Second Wind', and a gig at Monroe’s Live.

Mary Black - Town Hall concert

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARY BLACK, one of Ireland's finest and best loved singers, makes a welcome return to Galway this month, when she plays the Town Hall Theatre as part of her 2017 Irish Tour.

Easter weekend at HALO

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

CAFOLLA and Engel, the DJ and saxophone duo who have become firm live favourites at HALO, return to the Abbeygate Street venue as part it's Easter Weekend events.

Electric’s Easter line-up

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE EASTER weekend will be a full and busy one at Electric, with a host of DJs programmed across three rooms in the Abbeygate Street venue on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Album review: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 06, 2017

COULD THERE be a more quintessential Jesus and Mary Chain lyric than, "To old to crucify, but too young for suicide", the opening line of 'Song For A Secret', from their first new album in almost 20 years.

And So I Watch You From Afar @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

IN ITS fusion of metal, jazz, indie, avant garde, and movie soundtracks, post-rock should be a fount of constant fresh ideas. Too often it can sound like a group of lands practising their guitar scales backed by jittery drumbeats.

JANAJ - debut EP, two gigs - including an all ages show

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

JANAJ, THE Galway based alt-rock band, are set to release their debut EP this month, and ahead of that play two all-ages shows - at Monroe's Live and at Citóg in the Róisín Dubh.

The Seven Last Words of Christ

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

THE SEVEN Last Words of Christ, Haydn’s celebrated work, exploring Christ’s anguish on the cross, and more broadly, on suffering and the human condition, will be performed in Galway this month.

Music For Galway's Good Friday Concert

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

POPULA MEUS - Oh My People - is the title of this year's Music for Galway concert of reflective music on Good Friday, which will a performance from the Collegium Chamber Choir in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

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